March 26, 2012

Self-Publishing for the One Percenters

Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times

Got a story to tell? Got piles of cash? There's a new self-publishing service just for you.

Venture Press will help you make a book. It provides hands-on custom service: It will set you up with a ghostwriter and designers for the cover and layout. The company acknowledges that creating a book isn't easy: "It's an enormous challenge," according to its website, "requiring hours of concentration and hard work in front of a computer screen, followed by the arduous task of turning your words into an actual book."

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